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1 of 10Before: A group of boys play with replica guns amongst debris in Tacloban City following the recent super typhoon on Nov. 17, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View of the main road in Anibong district one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
2 of 10Before: A general view of the destroyed coastline in Tacloban City on Nov. 17, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View overlooking Magallanes district one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 4, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
3 of 10Before: Residents clear debris away following the recent super typhoon on Nov. 17, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. After: View of the main road in Anibong district one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
4 of 10Before: People line up for relief handouts outside the Tacloban Stadium on November 15, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View of the grounds of the Tacloban Astro Dome one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
5 of 10Before: A homemade casket is seen on the side of the road as curfew approaches on Nov. 14, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View along the road from the airport one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
6 of 10Before: Children play on the street in front of the Tacloban Astrodome evacuation center following the recent super typhoon on Nov. 20, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. After: View of the tacloban Astro Dome one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
7 of 10Before: A body waits to be collect on the side of the road in Tacloban City on Nov. 14, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View along the road from the airport one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
8 of 10Before: Bodies are seen in a mass grave on the outskirts of Tacloban City on Nov. 20, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View of the mass grave site at Basper Cemetary one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
9 of 10Before: View from Basper Cemetary of bodies on a road before being placed in a mass grave on the outskirts of Tacloban City on Nov. 20, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. After: View from Basper Cemetary one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 3, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images -
10 of 10Before: A single tree is seen standing amid the rubble in Tacloban City following the recent super typhoon on Nov. 18, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.After: View of residential area in Magallanes district one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 4, 2014.Chris McGrath—Getty Images
Supertyphoon Haiyan became the strongest storm on record to make landfall when it crashed into the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8 last year, with wind speeds exceeding 300 kph and a 7-meter storm surge. The city of Tacloban, provincial capital of the Eastern Visayas, bore the brunt of its devastating power and was practically destroyed.
Photographer Chris McGrath documented the death and destruction immediately following the typhoon. One year later, he returned to capture the same scenes, painting a picture of a city that, at least on the surface, has returned to some semblance of normality.
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